Sessile Oak - Quercus petraea ’Cochteata’

Habitat

·  native to most of Europe, and into Anatolia

Habit and Form

·  20-40 m tall

·  the white oak section of the genus

·  similar to the Pedunculate Oak

Summer Foliage

·  leaves are 7-14 cm long

·  4-8 cm broad

·  evenly lobed with five to six lobes on each side, and a 1 cm petiole

Flowers

·  flowers are catkins

·  produced in the spring

Fruit

·  fruit is an acorn 2-3 cm long

·  1-2 cm broad

·  which matures in about 6 months

Bark

·        The other oak compared to a thinner, older age is more finely cracked.

Use:

·  the wood is important, used for construction purposes

·  shipbuilding

·  for making oak barrels for wine

·  Sessile Oak has been designated the national tree of Wales

The bark of the young branches is used for therapeutic purposes.  Bark is collected in spring and early summer.

The active ingredients of the oak trees:

The bark of the young branches contains catechin, gallic acid types of sap-mixture, and we can find derivatives of triterpenes and sitosterols.

The use of oak trees:

The drug is mainly used due to the effect of power of contraction and drying, promoting wound healing, controlling haemorrhage and itchiness, of the sap. the brew of the bark is mainly used externally, in the form of bath and compress, for treating juicy skin diseases, sweating of the feet, frost-bites, rupture of  the piles and the rectum, Moreover in case of the inflammation of the mouth and the troat it is also used for rinsing.

It is only used for internal use in cases of serious diarrhea or gastroenteritis. Nowadays for internal bleeding there are more effective products available. Its browned acorn-crop used to be consumed as coffee suplementary, but in pediatrics it was used for treating diarrhea, scrofula, and rachitis. Its homeopathic effectiveness has not been proved satisfactorily.

Rinsing solution, compress: Add 2 tablespoonful of chopped bark to half liter of water, and boile it for 15 minutes, then pour it off, Rinse your mouth in cases of gingivitis, the inflammation of the mouth and the mucous membrane of the troat.

Tea: Boil a coffeespoonful of bark or a handful of leaves in 250ml of water, after -10 minutes pur it off,  Dringk it in case of diarrhea and stomach-ache.

Sitting bath: Boil 2 handfuls of oak bark in 1-1,5 liter of water . After boiling it, let it soak for 15 minutes and filter it and pour it to the bath.

Due to its sap the bark of oak trees perfectly employable for medical use. Their leaves are used for the same purposes, but they contain less active ingrediences.

It is good to know about oak trees:

Do not collect the bark of old branches and unhealty leaves.

Do not store the brew for more than 12 hours.

Do not apply for extended injuries.

Sponsors:

Ministry of National Resources

University of Szeged

KEFAG Zrt.

Future of Europe Association